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Topic: Politics
Seriously. He makes a decisive move to ban clove cigarettes at the behest of Phillip-Morris, who helped sponsor the bill, but can't make up his mind on the public option in health care? Ugh. Yeah, he's done a few good things for us gals, but other than that, we've got nothing.
For many people, cigarettes — especially novelty cigarettes like cloves — are an adult pleasure, something to be enjoyed like a fine scotch. Others may be addicted, for sure, but it's always possible to quit. I did, and know many others who have done the same without relapse. For Obama and those in the House and Senate to ban cloves while the makers of Marlboros get to poison us with menthols — which are FAR less expensive and far MORE appealing to children — is ridiculous and makes them look sorry as ever.
I've lost family members to smoking — many of us have — but we've also lost them to other cancers, dementia, pnemonia, heart attack, auto crashes, alcoholism, and all other manner of accident, illness, and issue. Some people who aren't fans of smoking are applauding Obama's decision, but seriously, y'all, how many of you have friends and relatives killed by cloves, especially in comparison to the number of people killed by so-called regular cigarettes? Phillip Morris wanted to get rid of competition, not help people quit smoking. In all my years alive, I've never lost anyone to CLOVES.
Thanks, morons. Alright, now back to our regularly scheduled bouts of indecisiveness on issues that actually DO matter.
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